The People's Party ( my, ပြည်သူပြည်သားပါတီ) was a political party in

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

History

The party was formed by a merger of the Nationalist Party, the Home Rule Party and the

Swaraj Party The Swaraj Party, established as the ''Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party'', was a political party formed in India on 1 January 1923 after the Gaya annual conference in December 1922 of the National Congress, that sought greater self-government and ...

in 1926, with the three parties having won a combined 45 seats in the 1925 elections. However, by 1928 it had been reduced to 35 seats.John F Cady (1958) A history of modern Burma, Cornell University Press, p256 Campaigning under the sloga "Burma for the Burmans", it continued with the platform of the Nationalist Party and the

General Council of Burmese Associations The General Council of Burmese Associations (GCBA), also known as the Great Burma Organisation ( my, မြန်မာအသင်းချုပ်ကြီး; ''Myanma Ahthinchokgyi''), was a political party in Burma. History The GCBA was for ...

.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp145–146 The 1928 elections saw the party win 40 seats, slightly down from the 45 won by the three parties in 1925. Although it was the largest party, and its ally the

National Parliamentary Organisation The National Parliamentary Organisation ( my, အမျိုးသား ပါလီမန် ဖြစ်မြောက်ရေးအဖွဲ့) was a political party in Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. ...

(NPO) held another five seats, the Independent Party was able to form a government with the assistance of the ethnic members and members appointed by the Governor. Following the elections, the NPO merged into the People's Party. However, in the build-up to the 1932 elections the party began to disintegrate over the issue of separation from India; members in favour (largely former Nationalist Party members) left to join the

Separation League The Separation League was a political alliance in Burma. History The alliance was formed to contest the 1932 general elections by parties that were in favour of Burma being separated from British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rā ...

whilst most of the others joined the

Anti-Separation League The Anti-Separation League was a political alliance in Burma. History The alliance was formed in July 1932 by parties that were not in favour of Burma being separated from British Raj in order to contest the 1932 general elections,Haruhiro Fukui ...

References

{{Burmese political parties Defunct political parties in Myanmar Political parties established in 1926 1926 establishments in Burma